Oil tanker near Galveston, Texas (@ Louis Vest/Getty Images)
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- A look down the deck gives some size perspective.""Most of us are used to seeing these from different angles
- Ships like this are designed to take a beating from the sea.""Take some motion-sickness medicine and go for a short ride
- Where in the lower 48 are you likely to see a lot of these big rigs?""You need a port city, lots of refineries, and Texas
- A lot of engineering, raw materials, and just plain hard work go into building these ships.""See how one comes together
